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88 lines
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<p>I use Firefox on a regular basis as my default browser, and something that
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I really enjoy about it is the vast number of addons (especially for
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developers) which can be hard to find anywhere else. These addons range
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from privacy guards, to custom CSS themes across all websites, to other fun
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little addons that just make my life easier. So here goes a small list of
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my favorites.</p>
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<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/expire-history-by-days/?src=api" target="_blank" ><u>Expire history by days</u></a>: This one took me a while to find. Basically, I want my history to be
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auto-deleted, but I don't want it <b>all</b> deleted (which is why I didn't
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just use private browsing mode). This is because I use my browser history
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often to look up things I did previously. So what this addon does is to
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delete history after a certain amount of days. Firefox by default already
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deletes your history after a certain amount of pages, but that's too
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unreliable for me, I'd rather know the number of days.</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock" target="_blank" ><u>uBlock Origin</u></a>: It's like an ad-blocker, but free-software and more. It also protects your
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privacy and has filters for malware domains as well as other things. Since
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I've been using this I still haven't seen any ads, so the quality is at
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least as good as the normal ad blockers (not taking into account how it
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does more).</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/privacybadger" target="_blank" ><u>Privacy Badger</u></a>: This addon protects your online privacy (given the right habits) by
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blocking ads that may be tracking you along with other trackers that you
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may not be aware of. It does this through disabling JavaScript and cookies
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to keep your online identity safe.</p>
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<p><a href="http://fasezero.com/" target="_blank" ><u>Tab Groups</u></a>: Firefox recently got rid of one of my favorite features, the tab groups.
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Luckily this guy decided to make a plugin for it! Now I continue to have
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tab groups which I used before.</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/dillbyrne/random-agent-spoofer" target="_blank" ><u>Random Agent Spoofer</u></a>: This is definitely a favorite of mine. Basically, when you send an HTTP/S
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request to a server you also send a header to the server exposing details
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about your OS, browser, resolution, architecture, etc. Many sites can use
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this to their advantage by tracking your specific header information across
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multiple sites (among other things, of course). Random Agent Spoofer will
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change your online identity to a large variety of presets (from desktops,
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to mobiles, to game consoles) with a ton of different browsers and browser
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versions. You can also set it so that it will change your identity at
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intervals (or random intervals) or even every time you send a request. You
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can also use it to disable several other things that may be used to track
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you (just look in the Options tab and start blocking stuff). Be aware that
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you may experience some strange things while browsing, as many sites will
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think you are a mobile device, or you may have disabled special fonts, or
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some other option, so be aware of the options you disable.</p>
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<p><a href="https://noscript.net/" target="_blank" ><u>NoScript</u></a>: This nice little addon disables JavaScript by default, and you have to
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enable them manually by domain. This can be used to disable unwanted
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JavaScript that may be tracking you (or in general just making your browser
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slow). You can choose the 'Enable Scripts Globally' option in the menu, but
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that would defeat the purpose of having it.</p>
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<p><a href="https://userstyles.org/" target="_blank" ><u>Stylish</u></a>: I was suggested this addon by a friend. This addon can be used to override
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a site's CSS and replace it with your own style. In my case I love dark
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styles since it's easier on my eyes, so I got the 'Solarized Dark
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Everywhere' style. It makes every site much easier to look at.</p>
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<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/?src=api" target="_blank" ><u>Self-Destructing Cookies</u></a>: As the name indicates, this addon destroys your cookies. Cookies can often
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be used to track you (as long as the cookie matches, it's the same user).
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Therefore this addon will destroy cookies in one of three different
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instances (that is defined by you):</p>
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<ul>
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<li>After you close its tab (default): after the page to which the cookie
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belongs is closed it will be deleted.</li>
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<li>After you close the browser: the cookie will remain until your browser
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is closed.</li>
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<li>Never: It will never delete that site's cookies.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>You determine this setting by page (it's not applied globally), and the
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default for all pages is always the first, 'after you close its tab'.</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx" target="_blank" ><u>VimFX</u></a>: Last but certainly not least, is VimFx. As you can guess by its name, it
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allows me to use the Vim keyboard shortcuts but in Firefox (well, a little
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modified since it's for a browser and not an editor). I really enjoy this
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because I don't like having to use my mouse for just about anything. The
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feature I use the most is the 'follow' command (using the 'f' key) which
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will bind all the links visible in the browser to a key (or key
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combination) that when pressed will follow that link.</p>
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<p>This is something amazing for someone like me who hates using the mouse,
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now I barely ever use it at all (I already use keyboard shortcuts for most
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other applications I use).</p>
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<p>I hope this was helpful for some people. These are definitely some of the
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best plugins I've come across.</p>
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<p><b>EDIT 2018/06/24:</b> You may have noticed that some of these addons no longer work with newer versions of Firefox. This is why I've moved to Waterfox, which keeps the old addon system.</p>
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